A595 Parton To Lillyhall Road Improvement Scheme, Cumbria. - Archaeological Evaluation, Topographic Survey and Watching Brief

Following several stages of archaeological evaluation for the purposes of an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), in the form of a walkover, desk-based assessment and watching brief on geotechnical test pits of a re-route of the A595 Trunk Road around, and to the west of Distington (NX 989 212 to NY 009 241), it was considered that further information concerning the location, extent, survival and significance of the known archaeological remains along the scheme, as well as the potential for unknown archaeological remains to survive, was required. The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) had established that there was potential for below-ground archaeological remains to exist within the proposed route corridor.